Getting more familiar with Git
For quality engineers, being proficient in Git and its usage is as important as their knowledge of test automation frameworks. Committing changes and managing branches are critical tasks that they should know by rote. It not only boosts their productivity but also makes the collaboration with the rest of the engineers seamless. In the next section, let us look a little deeper into committing a change and what goes into a commit message.
Committing a change
In the previous chapter, we briefly looked at what a Git commit command does. The commit command helps save all the changes made in the local repository.
Now, let’s look at the importance of writing a descriptive commit message.
Importance of a commit message
More often than not, every software engineer views the commit history to understand what changes went in and why they were made. Anyone viewing a commit message should be able to get adequate context on why a certain change...